Eugene Kaspersky Wins V3′s Technology Hero of 2012 Award

ABINGDON, England, December 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –

Kaspersky Lab’s CEO and co-founder, Eugene Kaspersky, has been voted Technology Hero
of the Year in the third annual V3 technology awards. This is considered a massive
achievement due to the award being presented to no other than the late Apple CEO, Steve
Jobs in 2011.

Voted for by V3 readers, this prestigious award recognises Eugene’s huge impact on the
security industry over the past 15 years since Kaspersky Lab was founded. From Flame to
Madi, inspiring leader Eugene has been at the fore-front of all of the company’s
ground-breaking malware discoveries and offered his expert advice to businesses and
consumers alike.

“Our malware discoveries are dedicated to making the online world a safer place, so
it’s great to see the appreciation by winning this award”, explains Eugene Kaspersky.
“Being recognised as Technology Hero of the Year is an amazing achievement for not just
myself, but Kaspersky Lab as a company due to the time and commitment spent on fighting
cybercrime both before it occurs and during”.

Eugene fought off competition from the likes of Marco Ahtisaari, Head of Design at
Nokia and Simon Stanford, VP Telecommunications and Networks at Samsung UK and Ireland,
who were also shortlisted for the award.

Kaspersky Lab also scooped the highly sought after Best Mobile Management Software
award for its universal security solution, Kaspersky ONE. In this category, the company
went head to head with solutions from Research In Motion and SAP. The company was also
shortlisted for Best Business Security Provider and Technology Innovator of the Year.

The award ceremony took place on Friday 30th November at Le Meridien Hotel, Picadilly,
London.

Kaspersky Lab Newsroom

Kaspersky Lab has launched a new online newsroom, Kaspersky Lab Newsroom Europe
(http://newsroom.kaspersky.eu/en
[https://email.ascentpr.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://newsroom.kaspersky.eu/en ]),
for journalists throughout Europe. The newsroom is specifically designed to serve many of
the media’s most common requests, making it easier for journalists to find product and
corporate information, facts and figures, editorial copy, images, videos and audio files,
as well as details about the appropriate PR contacts.

About Kaspersky Lab

Kaspersky Lab is the world’s largest privately held vendor of endpoint protection
solutions. The company is ranked among the world’s top four vendors of security solutions
for endpoint users*. Throughout its 15-year history Kaspersky Lab has remained an
innovator in IT security and provides effective digital security solutions for consumers,
SMBs and Enterprises. The company currently operates in almost 200 countries across the
globe, providing protection for over 300 million users worldwide. Learn more at
http://www.kaspersky.co.uk. For the latest on antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and
other IT security issues and trends, visit: http://www.securelist.com.

*The company was rated fourth in the IDC rating Worldwide Endpoint Security Revenue by
Vendor, 2010. The rating was published in the IDC report Worldwide IT Security Products
2011-2015 Forecast and 2010 Vendor Shares – December 2011. The report ranked software
vendors according to earnings from sales of endpoint security solutions in 2010.

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